Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...almost a month since a wave of international consciousness swept over the United States and so aroused the national conscience as to force the administration to abandon an ostensibly imperialistic policy toward Nicaragua. It seemed at the time a signal victory for public sentiment and for a public acumen not blinded by Secretary Kellogg's red flag waving. It also seemed that the Nicaraguans were to be allowed to fight it out among themselves or that some non-partisan steps toward mediation would be taken...
...warfare on the people of this nation. Where our children are willing to listen, they are taught the ways of the Third International. We find its hand clutching at the heart of our sister republic in the South. We find it stirring up trouble in Asia, in China, in Nicaragua. . . . In the face of this insidious propaganda within our own territory and in other nations it be hooves us to be vigilant...
...Secretary Wilbur never heard, for instance, of a corrupt church blocking the road which leads up form slavery in "our sister republic on the South", or of extra-territoriality acquired by the "right" of superior force in "Asia, in China, in Nicaragua." Mr. Wilbur may fool himself into thinking he can stop the wind by tilting at windmills. He will not fool history...
...Rowe '28 will introduce the question, speaking in favor of the administration. P. M. Brown, professor of International Law at Princeton University, will also uphold the affirmative side of the discussion. Professor Brown has recently returned from Nicaragua, where he made a detailed study of the situation. He was secretary of the legation to Guatemala and Honduras from 1903 until 1907, being charge d'affaires at various times. Between 1908 and 1910, he was an instructor of International Law at Harvard...
...Although I have not given Secretary Kellogg's statement careful study, it seems to be very fair in its statement of America's attitude. Of course, the United States will have to protect its citizens in China, as it is doing in Nicaragua; but it will be a different job in China."-Sir Esme Howard, Ambassador of His Brittanic Majesty...